A Matter of Life and Death

1946 7.8 (429 votes) 1h 44m

Genres

Romance Fantasy Drama War Comedy

Production Companies

The Archers
J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!

Overview

When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.

Key Crew

Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Screenplay: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Director of Photography: Jack Cardiff

Producer: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Top Cast

David Niven

Peter Carter

Kim Hunter

June

Roger Livesey

Doctor Reeves

Marius Goring

Conductor 71

Robert Coote

Bob Trubshawe

Kathleen Byron

An Angel

Richard Attenborough

An English Pilot

Bonar Colleano

An American Pilot

Videos

Official 4K Restoration Trailer

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